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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will be touring communities impacted by the powerful nor’easter that left hundreds of thousands in the dark and caused extensive damage along the coast.Baker declared a state of emergency Saturday in response to the initial damage caused by Friday’s storm. A number of trees and utility poles fell across the state, knocking out power and closing roadways. High tide left coastal communities flooded heading into Saturday, but high tide around midday caused powerful waves to breach seawalls and caused even more damage and erosion. In Gloucester, seawater swamped the football field during high tide, turning it into an oversized swimming pool. Trees couldn’t withstand the strong winds ripping through the region. In Salisbury, mounds of sand were swept away by the high tide and homes along the beach were damaged. Residents were in shock by the sheer damage left by the March nor’easter."I've never seen it this bad," Stephen Cegelis said. "I've been here for 50 years."It was the same story on the South Shore as waterfront homes felt the forceful waves pounding over the seawall in Scituate. At one point Friday night, 100 percent of customers were without power in the community, and power likely won’t be restored for much of the town until days after the floodwaters recede. “In the 10 years I’ve been here, this is probably the worst I’ve seen,” Kate Finney said. Hundreds of residents had to be rescued in Quincy over the weekend by the Massachusetts National Guard and Quincy Police. Residents say their homes suffered some of the worst flooding in decades. "As far as a coastal storm, this is the worst since the Blizzard of '78," Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch said.Check the outages in your communityLike the Jan. 4 storm, this storm was a "bomb cyclone," meaning that the pressure dropped at least 24 millibars in 24 hours.The storm killed at least six people, including a man who was crushed by a tree in Plympton and was pronounced dead at the scene. A 77-year-old woman was struck by a branch outside her home near Baltimore. Fallen trees also killed a man and a 6-year-old boy in different parts of Virginia, an 11-year-old boy in New York state and a man in Newport, Rhode Island.

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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will be touring communities impacted by the powerful nor’easter that left hundreds of thousands in the dark and caused extensive damage along the coast.

Baker declared a state of emergency Saturday in response to the initial damage caused by Friday’s storm. A number of trees and utility poles fell across the state, knocking out power and closing roadways. High tide left coastal communities flooded heading into Saturday, but high tide around midday caused powerful waves to breach seawalls and caused even more damage and erosion.

In Gloucester, seawater swamped the football field during high tide, turning it into an oversized swimming pool. Trees couldn’t withstand the strong winds ripping through the region. In Salisbury, mounds of sand were swept away by the high tide and homes along the beach were damaged. Residents were in shock by the sheer damage left by the March nor’easter.

"I've never seen it this bad," Stephen Cegelis said. "I've been here for 50 years."

It was the same story on the South Shore as waterfront homes felt the forceful waves pounding over the seawall in Scituate. At one point Friday night, 100 percent of customers were without power in the community, and power likely won’t be restored for much of the town until days after the floodwaters recede.

“In the 10 years I’ve been here, this is probably the worst I’ve seen,” Kate Finney said.

Hundreds of residents had to be rescued in Quincy over the weekend by the Massachusetts National Guard and Quincy Police. Residents say their homes suffered some of the worst flooding in decades.

"As far as a coastal storm, this is the worst since the Blizzard of '78," Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch said.

Like the Jan. 4 storm, this storm was a "bomb cyclone," meaning that the pressure dropped at least 24 millibars in 24 hours.

The storm killed at least six people, including a man who was crushed by a tree in Plympton and was pronounced dead at the scene. A 77-year-old woman was struck by a branch outside her home near Baltimore. Fallen trees also killed a man and a 6-year-old boy in different parts of Virginia, an 11-year-old boy in New York state and a man in Newport, Rhode Island.